It was 7-7 at halftime and Reidsville took 2nd half kickoff into field goal range and then the big turning point came with the blocked kick. ED aded a field goal to go up 17-7 but Reidsville came back on the Lee TD pass to McCain to make it 17-14. ED then scored on the Brown to Kennedy pass to go up 24-14. Neal returned the ensuing kickoff for a TD to set the final margin at 24-21 with 2:03 left. Rams recovered the onsides kick but the ball only went 9.5 yards before being touched. ED then ran out the clock.
Them there are the facts ... it was a close game all the way. Total yards: Reidsville 291, ED 289.
Also, Gaby ran the ball 37 times for 186 yards -- what an amazing workhorse performance.
You're correct on the score. It was 17-7 ED after three and then 24-14 when Reidsville scored on a kick return with around two minutes remaining.
East Duplin also "fumbled" the ball in the redzone just before the half. A would be score would have made it 14-0 ED.
As I said, there are things that happened, breaks that went against both teams. The feeling from inside the stadium was that ED was in control for a majority of the game, dominating the LOS. You guys were AWFULLY humble after the game because you didn't think there was any chance ED was gonna show up and pound your ass like they did. You'd think a lesson would have been learned and you wouldn't be overlooking the Darkhorses, but here we are.
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